Economists Debate Whether Smarter Models Still Need Agent Swarms

At an economists' dinner hosted by Andrey Fradkin, participants noted the lack of theory on when to use agent swarms, while a follow-up argued decentralized markets remain cheaper since each agent needs only limited context.

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